The general public ought to have “confidence” within the UK vaccination programme, the vaccines minister says – regardless of a examine exhibiting the AstraZeneca jab could also be much less efficient towards the South African variant of Covid-19. The examine concerned about 2,000 individuals, with a mean age of 31. It confirmed the jab supplied “minimal safety” towards delicate and reasonable illness from the South African variant. AstraZeneca mentioned it didn’t know whether or not the jab would cease extreme sickness, as a result of the examine was predominantly on youthful individuals. However the firm mentioned it may nonetheless be efficient. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi says the jabs “seem to work effectively” towards the variants at the moment dominant within the UK. On Sunday, he informed the BBC {that a} booster within the autumn, and annual vaccines, may very well be wanted to fight variants. He additionally dominated out “vaccine passports” for individuals to journey – watch the clip beneath.
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